Sr Suntour Durolux fork?

Hello!

I just bought an Intense Tracer Vp, with all the bells and whistles I could afford! It's gonna have a fox 32 FIT RLC Kashima TALAS QR15 150mm tapered bla bla bla! phew! So I got the front end covered.....for trail riding....but how about for some very light free riding I could do @ mammoth or maybe north star at tahoe? I would definitely want a larger fork!

My dad can get some sr suntour stuff for cheap...and he told me those guys had a long travel fork...So looking @ their website I found the Durolux...with tapered steerer, 180 to 140 infinite travel adjust, air spring, cool aesthetics, and 20mm QR axle. Doesn't sound that bad....

2009 fork reviews, send the fork to the stone age...pretty bad IMO, but this wouldn't be my main fork, so I would like to know if anybody has tried the newer stuff...

I'm riding hope hubs so I can swap the end caps from qr15 to 20mm so thats no problem.

Would this fork be worth the try? I can't get it free, so theres some loss if it turns out sh*tty...So help me out guys...and be honest, and don't comment just to thrash the brand just because your some fox freak, or rock shox junkie ok?

Well Suntour makes Marzocchi forks so they do have the capabilities of making quality forks...

You mean the Marzocchi who's been unable to make a quality fork for three years now?

It looks like the Durolox most likely has a port orifice damper, meaning while it would be fine for jumping or urban, it would be totally out of it's element on downhill. By the way, unless you really need on-the-fly travel adjust, forget the Talas and get a Float. It's lighter, more robust, and very tunable.

Shock companies are suppose to make shocks that don't leak air or oil. Those problems were suppose to be fixed several years ago.... IF the problem remains in shocks like Marzocchi, then the shock company is not worth the time....

I had a Zok in the good old days, A Z1, when they were king... Tenneson or what ever their name is , took over things changed... The Marzocchi name was no more...

I would not buy a shock that doesn't use quality materials..... And a Shock that requires a month turn around at the shop... I would stay with Fox or Rock shox...

They're aplenty here in our country, as far as reliability goes it's on the par with 08-10 zoke forks...Meaning, it's pretty much crap, I've seen forks with slopped bushing out of the box from the short to long travel models. I'd personally go with the Toras or the other basic damped forks from RS, or better yet a pre 08 Z1 fork FTW.